We posted about our work to Prototype Library Enterprises with Essex Libraries back in December, and following a period of time devoted to Project Concept development, prepared a background paper exploring the scope to establish a ‘Drone Pilot License...

We undertook initial Project Concept development activities for Essex Libraries during Autumn 2015, in relation to which, the development of income generating library services provided us with our starting point. We were tasked with exploring the scope...

We recommended establishing a Drone Skills Development, Pilot Licence and Loan Scheme through Essex Libraries linked to pertinent experience days, competitions and challenges as well as further exploration of the scope for ‘drone zones’ to be operated...

We undertook an initial technology-driven options appraisal for Essex Libraries, which we presented to them in the form of a detailed report, to inform The Design of a Drone Skills Development, Pilot Licence and Loan Scheme; The Selection of Drones for...

We were tasked with exploring the scope to establish an income generating library service underpinned by new/emergent technology on behalf of Essex Libraries, and we proposed a ‘Drone Loan Scheme’ for discussion because: 1) Libraries are about discovery...

Imagine this… It’s 2026 and drones are commonplace in our increasingly automated society: we have drones to help out around the home and in the garden; drones to transport us from A to B – whether self-driving e-bikes, driverless cars or buses;...

We recently published our submission to the Libraries Taskforce consultation about its draft strategy – Libraries Deliver: An Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-21. Today, we want to say a bit more about our having called upon the Taskforce...

The Libraries Taskforce recently published its draft vision Libraries Deliver: an Ambition for Libraries in England 2016-2021 for consultation. It reflects on the evolving role of libraries in light of changing public expectations. It also presents a...